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IMPROVEMENT IN BALING PRESS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WENDELI, R. KING, of Chicago, in the county of Goolc, and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baling Presses; and I do hereby declare and make known that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accornpanyingdrawings, I

and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My said invention consists in the arrangement in one apparatus of two presses which are operated alternately by a single screw in such a manner that turning said screw in one direction to compress the bale in one I copartment of the press retracts the follower and releases the bale in the other 'copartinent thereof, so that said bale may be readily removed, as desired; thus, by the said simultaneous and alternating action, avoiding all loss of time in operating the press. I f

To enable those skilled in the art to understand how to construct and use mysaid invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation with particularity, making reference, inso doing, to the aforesaid drawings, in which i Figure 1 represents a plaif or top yiew of my invention. Figure 2 is a side view of the samerand Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical central section thereof. Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts of my invention.

A A represent th two oopartmcnts of the press, and are constructed in all respects alike,having lids opening upwardsto remove the bales and to place in the presses the material to be baled, said lids being firmly secured when the press is being operated by means of clamps and pins, as indicated at a, or in any other suitable in manner. Qne of the side walls of each press is made adjustable, being held firinlyin 'place when the balel is being compressed and released so as to yield back, as indicated by the dotted lines in fig. 1 at P,by means of a cam or eccentric, operated as desired, by means of a lever, Q, which projects font at the end ofathe press, a suit- I able recess, It, being provided in the lid for that purpose, while the bale is being pressed, but which is moved around, as indicated by dotted lines in fig. 1, to relax the bale and facilitate its;.removal after being confined in the usual manner by means of cojrds or wires, The entire machine is constructed of strong timbers, and supported upon the legs or standards, B. G-represents a screw, arranged between said copartments A, as 'sho .vn, each end being provided with a suitable follower D, which moves against or away from the bales alternately, The said screw is supported by passing through the cross-timbers'E,suitable collars, L,being, arrangedtherein,

through which said screw has'a free longitudinal-sliding motion in 'either direction, a revolving motion being prevented by projections ,upon said collars entering a longitudinal recess, 0, in the screw Q, as shown at 2;

Between the said cross-beams, E, there isarranged upon said screw 0 a nut, N, upon which are fixed one or more gear-wheels, F G, as shown. H represents a shaft, supported. in bearings orboxes in the standards K, erected for that purpose upon the apparatus, and is provided with two gear-wheels which are marked J I, and

engage respectively with the spur-wheels aforesaid upon the nut N, being so arranged howevcr, upon the, shaft H .that only one of said wheels engages with its corresponding spur upon the nut at the same time; and'as the shaft H is adjustable longitudinally either of said wheels I orJma-y be in gear with the nut as,-may be desired,

the shaft H being locked in either position by means of a latch, M, and the recesses, 12 d, in the shaft, as shown.

The ends of the said shaft H are so constructed that cranks may be attached thereto for the purpose of operating the press. The two sets of gearing, F J, and G I, are to provide for a faster movement of the followers when the pressure is first being applied, and a slower and more powerful compression as the pressing is being completed. The length of the screw Cis such that when it is turned into one of the said copartments of the press it is withdrawn from the other sufliciently to permit the loose material to be deposited therein, so that when the lever Q, is thrown into the position indicated by the full lines in fig. 1, andsth and the screw turned in the proper direction, it, the material placed therein, will be gradually compressed as desired, while the same movement of the screw withdraws from the opposite copartment and releases, the pressure from the halo therein, while by bringing the lever Q around, as indicated in thedotted lines in fig. 1, the lid having been previously opened, the lateral and vertical pressure removed, and by the time the opposite bale has been properly compressed it is ready to receive the material for e lid-is thrown-down and secured,

being then also removed, the bale is readily the next halo; and thus, as will be seen, no time is lost, the retractions of the screw fromone bale being the 

